{"id":41162,"date":"2025-11-01T15:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T15:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41162"},"modified":"2025-11-01T15:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T15:01:06","slug":"bringing-up-the-level-of-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41162","title":{"rendered":"Bringing up the level of the run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After fifteen years of poop picking in the run the level of the soil has dropped drastically year by year. Every year I top up the soil a bit when I see top soil on offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top soil on offer, four for a reduced price<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The original level of the soil was up to the chickens’ patio. Over time I added one step and then two steps. Six months ago I added the three stakes to stop the steps moving gradually forward each time I step on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever I dig over the run I spade up the soil towards the steps but it gradually gets scratched away again. The block and the log are there to stop the soil being scratched away from the patio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The drop from the steps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I tipped in the four bags of top soil. The girls love having fresh soil to scratch in. I leave it for them to gradually spread the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All the girls are interested in the new soil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They will soon scratch it around<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For now the level is much improved but it’s something that needs doing several times a year. The girls love the process of the soil being added so it gives them a bit of fun as well reducing the drop for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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